1. What are some words in the dialect that are difficult to understand? List them and make an attempt to state what word Twain means.
2. What superstitions are evident with the characters? Explain them.
3. What does Jim's "majic" hair-ball tell Huck about his father Pap? Use a quote from Jim's response.
4. Describe Pap's appearance, his views of Huck's education, and his attempt to get sober.
5. Describe what happens when Pap tries to kill Huck.
1. doan'-don't, uv-of, de-the, and gwyne-going
2. Jim's hair-ball is one superstition, he thinks it can tell your fortune and also when huck spills the salt then tries to throw it over his shoulder because he thinks it is bad luck.
3. the hair-ball "says" pap doesn't know if he is going to stay in town or not. jim says, "...doan' know yit what he's a-gwayne to do. sometimes he spec he'll go away, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. pap looks to be about 50 years old and his hair is long and greasy and his clothe are just old rags. he thinks Huck is trying to be better than him and huck's mom by getting an education. pap says he was alright without and education and huck will be too. then he stays with the new judge and pap tells him and his wife he is ashamed of how he acts and when he wakes up in the morning he is going to be changed and he is going to sober up.
5. pap woke up drunk and tried to stab huck but huck managed to escape. (Stephanie)
1. The words spec'-suspect, 'kase-because, and gwyne-going were sometimes difficult for me to decipher.
2. Jim is superstitious in many ways. One way is that he thinks handling snake's skin is bad luck. And Huck is also superstitious in many ways. But one of the ways is that he thinks if you knock salt over, you have to throw it back over your left shoulder.3. It says Pap has a good side and a bad side, but it doesn't really know which one is a stronger influence. It also says he is very unsure on what to do with his life, and it's hard to tell where he will end up when he dies.
4. Pap has a very dirty look! He never puts anytime into looking nice or cleaning himself up.
5. Pap woke up terribly drunk and tried to stab Huck but Huck got out of the way just in time. (Haley)
1. I would have to say de which I think he means the or they and also spec - I am still not sure exactly what he means by this word or what exactly his meaning of it is.
2. Jim with the "majic hair-ball". In addition, when Huck spills the salt and tries to throw it over his shoulder shows he has some superstition in him.
3. He pretty much states that Huck's father as of right now is confused and is not sure what he is going to do - "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap has a very dirty "grundgy" look - he never really takes the time to dress himself or try to be all that clean - he is always in worn out, run down, clothes with holes in them.
5. Huck gets scared and has to sleep with and gun in his lap and loaded in case he tries and kills him again. He obviously seems to be have a drunken dream of his and chases Huck around with a knife. (Jenna Pelletier)
1. The words spec'- suspect, gwyne- going were most difficult for me to understand.
2. Huck represents himself as being very superstitious for example the spilling of salt, the magic hairball, and the stories that they believe.
3. Jim's magic hairball tells huck that his father has not yet decided what he is going to do yet. "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap is and old, worn, dirty, and is said to wear tattered clothing. He is not fond of Huck and his education. He thinks that since Huck now knows how to read and write, he thinks that he will be better than him and the rest of his family. Pap feels that in order to keep his son, he must keep him uneducated and ignorant. His attempt to become sober did not last. He signed an agreement with the judge and escaped that very night and became drunk.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck in the cabin he appears to be very drunk. He is chases him around with a knife calling him the "Angel of Death" and soon falls and quickly goes to sleep. (Taryn Miller)
1. 'Spec was the only one I had to think about. After a few minutes of contemplation I figured its short for expect.
2. Huck Finn is very superstitious, which is evident when he accidentally spills salt and tries to throw it over his shoulder. The whole rest of the day he was on his toes trying to avoid bad luck.
3. It tells him that Pap hadn't really decided what he was going to do yet. Jim says "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap is old looking and disheveled. His hair is grey and his clothes are tattered. He doesn't want Huck to be educated because he doesn't want Huck to be smarter than him. His attempt to stay sober lasted about a day. The next day he was drunk and hung over as usual.
5. Pap woke up in a drunken dream and tried to stab Huck, who quickly and skillfully squirmed out of his father's grasp. Soon after, his father dropped back to sleep.
--Amy A.
1. Spec (suspect/expect) and gwyne (going), probably.
2. Salt spilling (thinks it's bad luck), Jim's hairball (supposedly magic).
3. "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay." The father is undecided.
4. Pap is dirty and old with whiskers. In his mind, Huck thinks he's better than Pap because of his ability to read and write. Pap tried to get sober, however he was not able to.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, but falls asleep before he could get to it. (Emily Brown)
1.> spec. - expect gwyne - going bills - book
2.> A lot of the characters are afraid of bad luck, esp. Jim. A few examples: Huck throwing salt over his shoulder and Jim with his hairball.
3.> "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black." Pap isn's sure of what to do and is having lots of troubles finding the right answer.
4.> He looks his age (50), has nasty, black hair (including his long whiskers), and his clothes are all torn up. Pap hates that Huck is more educated than he. He wants to take him out of school and stop all of his studies. The reason he sobers up is so that the Judge will see him as an okay father for Huck, however we see many signs that show he is not able to control his drinking habits.
5.> Pap goes into a rampage and is attacking poor Huck but soon he crashes and falls asleep. When he wakes up Huck has a gun in his hand and has to lie and say that it was to scare off a visitor. (Emily Barden)
1. "...'kase it's down in de bills dat you's gwyne to git hung." "...case it's down in the bills that you are going to be hung."
2. Huck is superstitious of bad luck when he spills the salt and throws it over his shoulder. He also believes that Jim's "magic" hairball can tell his fortune.
3. "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black. De white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in en bust it all up." It says that pap is having internal conflict with himself.
4. He is long, pale, greasy man with long black hair. He doesn't like Huck's education because he believes that Huck will believe himself to be better than his father and the rest of his family before him. He has a long discussion with the judge in which the judge tried to convince him to become a new man. Pap signed a pledge and said that he would only to end up getting drunk later that night.
5. He wakes up, still half asleep, from dreaming that people with cold hands are trying to get him and take him away. He sees Huck and mistakenly thinks that it was him. He proceeds to chase Huck around with a knife until he passes out again. (Stuart)
1.s'pose - suppose? kase - in case
2.the most evident ones include the salt and the hairball
3."Jim's hairball" tells huck that his father often takes one of two very defined paths, being good or bad, and describes his motives as "two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him"
4.his father is rather ragged, with a full beard and head of hair and is also very pale. He views huck's education as an attempt of Huck to make himself better than his father and his fathers attempts to 'sober up' are quite vain.
5.he is to drunk to even catch huck and eventually falls asleep.
(ruffolo)
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2. Huck Finn has many superstitions. In one section huck attempts to throw salt over his shoulder but he is stopped during his dinner time becuase he is attempting to become proper. Later that night huck worries about the bad luck that is going to be happening to him in the near future because of his inability to "reverse the curse" so to speak.
3. Jim's hairball..... After being properly paid..... Tells huck that his father does not know what he is going to do yet, but with his good and bad sides both influencing him, it is likely that hicks father's actions will not be good.
4. Pap is an old tattered drunk with hair that is uncombed and ragged. He wears boots with crossed nails on the soles so as to keep the devil away. Pap is notorious for his sleeping in the pig styes.
5. During the part of the story where Pap attempts to kill Huck, the old man seems to halucenating and having a mental breakdown (most likely from whiskey). Pap believes that Huck is the angel of death I'm which he attempts to defend himself by killing "the angel of death" (great idea since he's an angel....can't die).
---(Cory T.)
1. bills-book bes'-best gwyne-going2. Huckleberry is very superstitious about many things. He believes that Jim's hair-ball is magic, and can tell the future. In chapter 3, the boys believe Tom's tale of magicians and genies.3.It tells him that his dad has not decided what he is going to do yet. It says he has a good side and a bad side and that eventually one of them will win out. He also says he might be hung in the future.4. He is about 50 years old, and has greasy black hair and dirty ragged clothes. He is a drunk and uses all of his money to buy alcohol and to gamble. He disapproves of Huck's new education and clean clothes. 5. In Chapter 6 Pap tries to kill Huck, but because he is drunk, he is unable to catch him. He grabs a knife and begins to frantically chase Huck around but eventually falls asleep much to Huck's relief. (((Parker)))
1. res' easy- rest easy
what he's a-gwne do- what he's going to do
2. Huck is obvioulsy supersticious about "bad luck" in that he throws salt over his shoulder after knocking the shaker down. And the "hairball from the stomach of the ox" is believed by Jim to tell people things they should fear.
3.His father will begin making really good decisions, then one itty bitty mistake can mess up everything. "de white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in and bust it all up".
4.His father, very pale and black, greasy hair, doesnt like education because he doesnt have one and he doesnt want his son to have one wither because his son might be better than Him. He thinks that the government is a bunch of fools ( once again with the education) and feels that in order to keep his son, he cant stay drunk. (everbody knows this isnt going to happen).
5. He chases Huck around with a knife, but later he falls asleep, with a chapter close of Huck aiming a gun at his head. (Caroline Vaughan)
1. Dey's-there are
gwyne-going
2. First of all, is the belief in genies from earlier chapters. Also, in Chapter Four, Huck throws salt over his left shoulder after dropping some on the floor, to "cure" the bad luck that will come from dropping the salt. Another example of a superstition that is believed is Jim listening to the hair ball from the ox.
3. The hair ball tells Huck that his father does not know what he is going to do yet.
"Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way."
4.Pap is described as an extremely pale drunkard with greasy black hair. He doesn't want Pap to be educated because none of the rest of their family has been well educated. He also wishes that Huck would stop going to school. Pap doesn't think that government should have the right to take his son away from him, since after all, he was the one who raised the child. He also promises that he will get sober. However, everybody knows that will never happen.
5. Pap, runs around the cabin drunk, trying to chase Huck down and kill him. But, he falls asleep in the attempt. (Caroline R.)
1. half-yearly
govment-government
gwyne-going
2. Jim listening to the hair ball. Huck throwing salt over his shoulder. They believe in helping your luck and predicting what your future is.
3. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a gwyne to do."
4. Long black, not any gray, hair that was tangled and greasy, long whiskers, his skin was fish belly white. His clothes were only rags and his toes stuck through his boots. Pap feels Huck is trying to be better than him and his family considering nobody could read and write but Huck. Pap feels that it is wrong for the government to try and take Huck since he is the one who had to raise Huck and provide for himl
5. Pap chases Huck around the cabin in a drunk manner, yelling and screaming until he is unable to catch Huck and falls asleep.(Sarah P.)
1) 'case- incase
gwyne- going
warn't- weren't
2) When Huck accidently spills the container of salt, he trys to throw some over his shoulder but is stopped by the widow then he trys to avoid bad luck the rest of the day.
3) The hairball tells Huck that his father is indecisive and does not yet know what he is going to do
4) Pap is the infamous town drunk. He is known for sleeping in the mud with the pigs and is often jailed because of his violent behavior. He never tries very hard to get sober, he's simply desperate to get Huck's money so he can go buy more whiskey. He is furious that Huck is learning to read and write and thinks it will make Huck believe he is too good for his father.
5) Pap believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him and so he attempts to kill Huck, but he is too drunk and passes out in the attempt. (Niki H)
1. spec- expect
'kase- incase
gwyne- going
2. The characeters obviously believe in a weird voodoo (Jim's hairball) that can supposedly tell you everything that will happen in your life.
3. The hair ball tells Huck that his dad doesnt know what he's going to do yet. Also, it tells him that his dad has a good side and a bad side "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black."
4. Pap seems kind of like a poor begging drunk vagabond. He doesn't want Huck to be educated. He wants Huck to stay ingnorant so that he won't leave him or run off. Pap doesn't like the government. He says its hypocritical. Pap tries to get sober but its clear he won't change his ways.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, he's too drunk to catch him. He chases him around with a knife and then falls asleep. (Lisa H.)
1.doan'- don't, gwyne- going 2. The characters believe in bad luck. for example, when Huck spills salt, he knows something bad is going to happen. 3. That he is coming back but dosen't know exactly what he is going to do yet. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do." 4. Pap is described as ragged and dirty. He views Huck's education poorly, saying no son should know more than his father. Pap thinks the gov't is out to get him. He tried to get sober but did not care enough to maintain soberity and relapsed. 5. Pap chases Huck around the cabin with a knife saying he is going to kill him. He gets tired and says he is going to sleep and kill him later. (alex j)
dialect
gwyne - going to
'spec - suspect
bad luck from spilling salt, canceling the bad luck by throwing a pinch of salt over one's shoulder, magic hairballs
That Huck's dad has a good side and a bad side: "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black." Also, Jim tells him that his father doesn't really understand what he is doing.
Pap wears dirty rags that don't fit him. He hates Huck for learning and going to school because it makes Pap feel inferior and he doesn't like the fact that Huck is smarter because that's not the way it should be in his opinion. His view on government is pretty bad. He believes the government is horrible for allowing African-Americans vote and letting blacks be free for 6 months. Therefore he vows never to vote again. Lastly, his attempts to get sober failed. He traded in his newly aquired coat for whiskey and destroyed the room that the friendly judge had given him.
Pap believes that Huck is someone out to get him and hurt/kill him. Therefore he picks up a knife and chases Huck around the room. Soon though, he tires out and lays down to rest. ~~Caron~~
1. spec -speculate
doan' - don't know
de- the
2. They use salt to throw over their shoulder for good luck. They also think that if you spill salt that it brings bad luck.
3. It says that his father doesn't know what he is going to do and that he has one good luck angel and one bad luck angel. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way. Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en"
4. Pap is dirty and wears old clothing that is way to small. He doesn't want Huck to go to school. He thinks that if Huck goes to school, his son will think that he is better than his dad. Part of Pap's hatred for Huck's schooling is that he doesn't want his son to be smarter or more educated than him. Pap doesn't want blacks to vote and he says that if the black are allowed to vote that he would leave the country. He also doesn't like the fact that free black must be in the state for six months before they be sold into slavery. I believe that he wants to become sober but he fails and slips right back into drinking again.
5. Pap wakes up from his sleep and thinks that Huck is the angel of death and that he is coming for him. He grabs and knife and trys to stab Huck but soon falls asleep. (Taylor)
1. "don't be afeard" = don't be afraid "you wants to keep 'ways fum de water as much as you kin" = You want to keep away from the water as much as you can.
2. Huck spills salt on the table and is devastated when he is unable to throw a pinch of it over hus shoulder. Also Jim believes in a weird, freaky hairball that predicts the future. Maybe Twain was showing the characters' lack of intellegence with all of their superstitious beliefs?
3. Jim's "magic hair ball" tells that Pap will show a change of heart but will then turn back to his old ways with one tiny mishap. "De white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in en bust it all up." -Jim
4. Pap is dressed in nasty, ragged clothes. He is an unwashed and unshaven mess. He tells Huck that he will "tan 'em good" if he continues to go to school. Pap feels that Huck is trying to break away from him by becoming educated. Pap is a very racist man who feels only white males should have the power to vote. He feels the government is trying to take his "work-horse", which is Huck, away for no good reason. The "new judge" thinks that Pap is ready to man a new man of himself. He cleans Pap up and takes him into his own home. We think that the new judge is making real progress until Pap gets "dead drunk" again.
5. Pap gets drunk in the cabin and tries to kill Huck with a knife. Huck is running around trying to save himself, and would be a "goner" if he did not slip out of his jacket at the last second.
(Shelby K.)
1.“I was getting sort of used to the Widow’s ways too and they warn’t so raspy on me.”
-He was getting used to the Widow’s ways and they weren’t so hard on him.
“…gwyne…”
-Going
2. After he spilled the salt, he threw some over his left shoulder to prevent bad luck.
3. -That he has two guardian angels, one is black and one is white, and they both keep telling him different things and in the end he will make up his own mind.
-“Dey’s two angel hoverin’ roun’ ‘ bout him.”
4. He was about fifty with long, tangled, greasy black hair and whiskers; he was a sick colored white; wore rags. The father was concerned that Huck considered himself better than him because of his education. Then he told the new judge that he would never drink again but then that night he sold his jacket for liquor and was drunk again.
5. Pap being deranged from all the alcohol starts chasing Huck with a knife and calling him the Angel of Death, then he sits to rest and Huck grabs and loads the gun and points it to Pap.(Elizabeth Lee)
1. "Fum de water" -from the water "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do" - your father doesn't know yet what he's going to do.
2 Huck beleive that it is bad luck to spill salt and good luck if you throw it over your shoulder. He also thinks it is bad luck to kill a spider.
3."Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way. " Jim tells Huck that his father is always wavering in his actions and what he is going to do. And that he sould just let his father go about life in his way.
4. Pap is a drunkard with long tangled hair. He always had old, ragged, dirty clothes. He beleives that Huck is getting an education to make him seem better than his father. He is stongly against it and threatening to beat Huck if he catched him at school anymore. Pap is a alchoholic and gets arrested reguraly for being drunk in public. The town judge tries to take him in and change his life around. they have a emotional conversation where he claims that his drunken ways are in his past but, that night he proceed to fall back on his old ways and get drunk.
5. He was drunk and ran around the cabin chasing huck with a knife in his hand calling him the Angel of Death. He eventually got tired out and fell asleep.(Matt)
1. Gwyne - going / yaller - yellow
2. Huck tries to throw salt over his shoulder after he spills it. also they believe a hairball had a spirit inside of it.
3. the hair ball is just making general statments but Huck believes the stories."Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap wears very small and flithy clothes. He doesnt want Huck to go to school and be educated because he feels that Huck will become smarter than him and realized he is a mess. Even though Pap attempts to get sober, in reality he hasnt changed any of his old habits.
5. Pap is drunk and chases Huck around the cabin with a knife. However, he is unable to kill Huck, becomes tired, and
falls asleep. (Tony)
1. gwyne- going, po'- poor, kase- incase
2. when Jin talks about the good and bd conciences anfd when Huck's Pap starts trying to kill Huck because he thinks he's the angel of death.
3. that his dad has two conciences telling him to do the right and wrong choices ith Huck. "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him."
4.Huck's Pap has long black greasy hair with no grays. Also he only has rags on not fit for pigs. He is ashamed to have a son have an education; he says his mother hadn't been taught to readneither before she had died and can't belive he has such a son. Even though he tries to get sober and turn away from his old ways he isn't changing his habits.
5. When Pap wakes huck up he says he ids gettin' bit by snakes then Pap turns and tries to kill Huck with a knife b/c he thinks he is the angel of death despite Huck's protests. It ends when Pap gets tired and falls back to sleep b/c of chasen Huvk so much. (Neil)
1.spec- expect; doan’- don’t know; gwyne- going
2. Huckleberry is very superstitious so far throughout the novel. He believes that Jim’s hair ball will tell him about things to come in the future.
3. The hair ball basically tells Huck that his father hasn’t made his decision on what he is going to do yet."Yo'ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do." (This quote is basically what I just said just in “Huckleberry Finn dialect”!)
4. Pap is described dressed in dirty, filthy old ragged clothes. He is I guess jealous of the education that Huck is receiving. He tells Huck over and over that he’s a terrible son and that it’s awful that he’s getting an education when neither his Pap or mother did.
5. Pap tries to tries to kill Huck with a knife one night. He runs after Huck in an effort to kill him but since he is so drunk he falls asleep. (Laura Knott)
1. gwyne-going
uz-is
2. Huck thinking that the Hairball can really tell the future, and when Pap is starting to really talk about killing Huck, him being an Angel of Death.
3. The hairball tells Jim that Pap doesn't know what he is going to do next yet. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do.
4. Pap appears as a fifty year character, with long, greasy hair, and not really wearing real clothes and not having color in his face. He thinks Huck shouldn't go to school anymore, because he already knows how to read and write and Huck is the only and first person in his family who can actually do that. Pap's attempt to get sober only worked for a day. He tried to get sober so he could get the money from Judge Thatcher, but it doesn't work cause he can rarely make it through the day without whisky.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, Huck figures out that his last chance is to escape. But one night when Pap tries to kill Huck, he is so drunk that after running after Huck he just falls asleep without anything "accomplished". (Michelle D)
1. One is rich en 't other is po'- One is rich and the other is poor. 2. Salt over the shoulder is good luck. Think a hair ball can tell things that may happen in the future. 3. It tells him that for now Huck is safe but there are two angels and we don't know which will win yet. 4. Pap is usually drunk and dirty. His attempts to get sober are fake he just says he will so he can get Huck's money but he still gets drunk. He is also very disappointed because Huck is the first in their family to learn how to read. He does not think Huck should be in school. 5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, he is so drunk that he passes out or falls asleep in his attempts!! (Rachael Delaney)
1) 'case- incase
gwyne- going
warn't- weren't
2) When Huck accidently spills the container of salt, he trys to throw some over his shoulder but is stopped by the widow then he trys to avoid bad luck the rest of the day.
3) The hairball tells Huck that his father is indecisive and does not yet know what he is going to do
4) Pap is the infamous town drunk. He is known for sleeping in the mud with the pigs and is often jailed because of his violent behavior. He never tries very hard to get sober, he's simply desperate to get Huck's money so he can go buy more whiskey. He is furious that Huck is learning to read and write and thinks it will make Huck believe he is too good for his father.
5) Pap believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him and so he attempts to kill Huck, but he is too drunk and passes out in the attempt. (Niki H)
1. Gwyne was the most difficult for me to understand, it took me a while to get that it meant going.
2. The characters in Huck Finn are very superstitious. Huck in particular, he tries to throw salt over his shoulder after spilling salt until he is stopped by the widow.
3. The hairball predicts Hucks fathers presence in the future. It says that his father is indecisive and he himself doesn't know what he's going to do yet.
4. Pap is notorious for always being drunk. His clothes are essentially rags, his shoes have holes in them, and the few dollars he collects every now and then are continually blown on alchohol. His attempt to sober up is an attempt to get the money from Huck. He is furious that Huck has learned to read and write, saying that Huck thinks he's better than his mother and father.
5. Pap becomes so drunk that he believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him. He chases Huck around with a knife but is too drunk and eventually passes out. (William).
1. doan, for don't and Dey's for They
2. Huckleberry Finn shows his superstitious nature when he talks about wanting to throw the salt over his shoulder so he can keep his good luck, and that if he does not then he is going to have bad luck. He also talks about the Jim, the slave's hairball as fortelling the future.
3. It shows what Jim thinks about the future for Huckleberry and what his father is going to do. He states that he doesn't know whether or not he is going to stay around or if he is going to leave again.
4. Pap's clothing is always dirty and torn. He is an older man who always looks a little out of it, die to the fact he is usually always drunk and or hung over. He does not want Huckleberry to get a very good education because he can't stand the idea that his son could possibly be a lot smarter then him one day. He tried to stay sober but this lasts only for about a day.
5. Pap has a bad dream and believes that Huck is "the angel of death" which is out to kill him, so as he wakes up still half a sleep and droggy, he chases Huckleberry Finn around with a knife until he gets tired out and halfs back asleep. (Meghan)
1. "gwyne"- going, "'spect"- expect, res' easy- rest easy
2. Huck's has many superstitions throughout the book, in this section he throws salt over his shoulder when he spilt it over. Jim also is very superstitious talking about how he rode alll throughout the world w/ wirches and having a coin that the devil had toutched.
3. the ball fortells that pap will have a few good decision but a bad one will ruin it all, meening bad for Huck.
4. Pap comes back to town and finds out how Huck madea a fortune and wnats Huck to give it to him, Pap doesnt like how Huck is starting to get educasted b/c he thinks that he will become inferior to his own son. The new judge that attemptas to cure Pap pf his unhealythy lifestyle gets Pap to realize his pitifulness and the Judge thinks that he cured him, but un the middle of the night pap wants a drink and ends up tariing up the Judges guest room.
5. Pap gets so druck that he gets delusional and thinks Huck is the Angel of death and so trys to kill him, when he wears himself out huck gets the gun for protection, he Pap waks back up, he forgets everything that happens. (Hayden)
1) gwyne must mean going/fum is from/en't is and the/afeard has to be afraid even though i didnt get it at first. 2) When Huck spiills the salt, he hurriedly picks it back up and throws a little over his shoulder. This shows his belief in an event causing bad luck. 3) "Dey's two angels hovrin bout round him." One was black and one white. The hairball tells him that his father will get better, but eventually fall back into relapse. 4) Pap is a terrible father figure, he hates the education huck is getting, and takes huck's money to goo get drunk - as usual. 5) Pap was really too drunk too know what he was doing or remember it later for that matter. Thinking huck is the 'angel of death,' Pap goes after him. Armed with his knife, Pap chases him but passes out before anything violent takes place (K-y-l-e)
1. "gwyne" I had to sound it out loud a few times before i realized it was like "gonna".
2. Bad luck seems to be a pretty big superstition, like when Huck kills the spider. Also, witches, like when Jim thinks witches carried him all over the world.
3. It tells huck that his pap has a black and a white angel and sometimes the white angel takes control and other times the black angel. He says "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4. His appearance is terrible, after so many years of drinking and just his many years, his skin is somewhat rubbery. He hates that Huck is able to read and tells him to stop going to school. Pap's attempts to sober are futile, he just goes on a drinking binge.5. Pap tries to kill Huck, thinking he is the angel of death and almost stabs him. (Rachel H.)
1.gwyne- going , spec’- suspect 2. the hairball can tell fortunes and if you hold a snake-skin you will have bad luck 3. The hairball tells Huck that his father doesn’t know what is going to do. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay." 4.Pap is very unkempt. He never puts any effort into his appearance. He thinks that if Huck gets an education, that Huck will think he is better than him.
5.In the middle of a dream, Pap wakes up, he is drunk and he tries to stab Huck but Huck escapes.(Kati Causey)
1.I had trouble with spect which turned out to be expect and also with gwyne which was meant going to.
2.One main thing of superstition I saw was Jim talking to the hairball and then Huck throwing salt over his shoulder.
3.The hiarball tells Jim that Huck's father doesn't know what he is going to do yet. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way." 4.Pap looks ghastly and disheveled becuase of so many years of drinking. He doesn't like that Huck is going to school and he tries to stop Huck from going to school. Pap tries to be sober but is unable to because he will to drink is much stronger than his will to stop.
5.Pap says that huck is the angel of death and runs after him with a knife but since he is so drunk he passes out. (Ben)
1. the hardest word for me to understand was "gwyne". It means "going to" but looks nothing like it.
2. Huck threw salt over his shoulder and Jim relies on a hairball to tell the future
3. the hairball told Jim taht Pap was unsure about what he was going to do: "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4. Pap is a mess. his clothes are dirty and torn; he takes no care of himself. Pap does not want Huck to go to school because he will be inferior to his son. Pap cannot become sober because he keeps wanting to drink
5. Pap runs around the cabin chasing Huck with a knife and calling him the angel of death until he get tired and goes to sleep.
(Jennifer)
1) gwyne was the most difficult for me to understand at first but once i realized that it mean going to the text was a lot easier to comprehend.
2) Huck Finn once spilled salt on the table and frantically scurried to throw it over his shoulder in order to get rid of the bad luck. Another example was Jim basing his decisions on a hairball.
3) The magic hairball says that Huck's father might stay a while and he might not but whatever his father does it will not stop Huck from fulfilling his fate. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4) Pap is a grey haired, fairly older man. He is wearing very ragged clothes it looks as if they were fit for a pig not a man. Pap does not view education very highly and he doesn't think that Huck should have any part in it, as a matter of fact many of Huck's beatings are because he is learning. He is trying to become sober but it is not working out that well for him.
5) Pap wakes up alarmed, holding a knife to Huck and plans on hurting him until Huck explains what happened the night before and how he tried to awake Pap but he could not because of his drunkenness. (A.J.)
1. It took me forever to figure out that 'uz meant was. Uf also means of.
2. Jim is very superstitious in this book. He uses a hair ball to make decisions. Also, when Huck spills salt he salt on a table he throws it over his shoulder.
3. He hair ball tells them that Pap does not know what he is going to do.
4. Pap is old and looks very dirty. He does not try to make his appearance look nice. His clothes are worn and he probably smells.
5. Pap gets drunk and attempts to kill Huck, he eventually passes out and Huck is so shook up that he sleeps with a loaded gun.
(Caroline Lassiter)
1. I didnt really have that much touble figuring out any of the dialect.
2. Jim and Huck and Pap are all very superstitious. Jim believes that if you are hairy then you will be rich twice. Huck spills salt on the table and then throws some over his shoulder. Pap has a cross in the sole of his shoe to keep away the devil.
3. The magic hair ball tells JIm that Pap isnt sure yet about what hes going to do.
4. Pap is gettign older and he is very dirty. he wears rags and doesnt smell good and has long hair.
5. Pap gets really drunk and tries to kill Huck but he eventually passes out. (Ellie Avery)
1. hain't= ain't and gwyne= going
2. Pap has a cross on the bottom of his shoes to keep the devil away, Jim believes that he will be rich again because he has hairy arms and a hairy chest, and Huck spills some salt and then proceeds to throw it over his shoulder.
3. The magic hairball said that Pap isn't certain of what hes going to do with Huck and his current situation.
4. Pap has gotten older, smells bad, wears very worn clothing, and has uncut long hair and probably has a beard because of his lack of shaving.
5. Pap gets drunk and thinks Huck is the Angel of Death and tries to kill him. Huck dodges him and then Pap passes out, but the encounter has startled Huck so much that he decides to sleep with a loaded gun. (Danny Sale)
Respond to the following prompts:
1. What are some words in the dialect that are difficult to understand? List them and make an attempt to state what word Twain means.
2. What superstitions are evident with the characters? Explain them.
3. What does Jim's "majic" hair-ball tell Huck about his father Pap? Use a quote from Jim's response.
4. Describe Pap's appearance, his views of Huck's education, and his attempt to get sober.
5. Describe what happens when Pap tries to kill Huck.
1. doan'-don't, uv-of, de-the, and gwyne-going
2. Jim's hair-ball is one superstition, he thinks it can tell your fortune and also when huck spills the salt then tries to throw it over his shoulder because he thinks it is bad luck.
3. the hair-ball "says" pap doesn't know if he is going to stay in town or not. jim says, "...doan' know yit what he's a-gwayne to do. sometimes he spec he'll go away, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. pap looks to be about 50 years old and his hair is long and greasy and his clothe are just old rags. he thinks Huck is trying to be better than him and huck's mom by getting an education. pap says he was alright without and education and huck will be too. then he stays with the new judge and pap tells him and his wife he is ashamed of how he acts and when he wakes up in the morning he is going to be changed and he is going to sober up.
5. pap woke up drunk and tried to stab huck but huck managed to escape. (Stephanie)
1. The words spec'-suspect, 'kase-because, and gwyne-going were sometimes difficult for me to decipher.
2. Jim is superstitious in many ways. One way is that he thinks handling snake's skin is bad luck. And Huck is also superstitious in many ways. But one of the ways is that he thinks if you knock salt over, you have to throw it back over your left shoulder.3. It says Pap has a good side and a bad side, but it doesn't really know which one is a stronger influence. It also says he is very unsure on what to do with his life, and it's hard to tell where he will end up when he dies.
4. Pap has a very dirty look! He never puts anytime into looking nice or cleaning himself up.
5. Pap woke up terribly drunk and tried to stab Huck but Huck got out of the way just in time. (Haley)
1. I would have to say de which I think he means the or they and also spec - I am still not sure exactly what he means by this word or what exactly his meaning of it is.
2. Jim with the "majic hair-ball". In addition, when Huck spills the salt and tries to throw it over his shoulder shows he has some superstition in him.
3. He pretty much states that Huck's father as of right now is confused and is not sure what he is going to do - "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap has a very dirty "grundgy" look - he never really takes the time to dress himself or try to be all that clean - he is always in worn out, run down, clothes with holes in them.
5. Huck gets scared and has to sleep with and gun in his lap and loaded in case he tries and kills him again. He obviously seems to be have a drunken dream of his and chases Huck around with a knife. (Jenna Pelletier)
1. The words spec'- suspect, gwyne- going were most difficult for me to understand.
2. Huck represents himself as being very superstitious for example the spilling of salt, the magic hairball, and the stories that they believe.
3. Jim's magic hairball tells huck that his father has not yet decided what he is going to do yet. "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap is and old, worn, dirty, and is said to wear tattered clothing. He is not fond of Huck and his education. He thinks that since Huck now knows how to read and write, he thinks that he will be better than him and the rest of his family. Pap feels that in order to keep his son, he must keep him uneducated and ignorant. His attempt to become sober did not last. He signed an agreement with the judge and escaped that very night and became drunk.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck in the cabin he appears to be very drunk. He is chases him around with a knife calling him the "Angel of Death" and soon falls and quickly goes to sleep. (Taryn Miller)
1. 'Spec was the only one I had to think about. After a few minutes of contemplation I figured its short for expect.
2. Huck Finn is very superstitious, which is evident when he accidentally spills salt and tries to throw it over his shoulder. The whole rest of the day he was on his toes trying to avoid bad luck.
3. It tells him that Pap hadn't really decided what he was going to do yet. Jim says "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap is old looking and disheveled. His hair is grey and his clothes are tattered. He doesn't want Huck to be educated because he doesn't want Huck to be smarter than him. His attempt to stay sober lasted about a day. The next day he was drunk and hung over as usual.
5. Pap woke up in a drunken dream and tried to stab Huck, who quickly and skillfully squirmed out of his father's grasp. Soon after, his father dropped back to sleep.
--Amy A.
1. Spec (suspect/expect) and gwyne (going), probably.
2. Salt spilling (thinks it's bad luck), Jim's hairball (supposedly magic).
3. "Yo' old father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay." The father is undecided.
4. Pap is dirty and old with whiskers. In his mind, Huck thinks he's better than Pap because of his ability to read and write. Pap tried to get sober, however he was not able to.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, but falls asleep before he could get to it. (Emily Brown)
1.> spec. - expect gwyne - going bills - book
2.> A lot of the characters are afraid of bad luck, esp. Jim. A few examples: Huck throwing salt over his shoulder and Jim with his hairball.
3.> "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black." Pap isn's sure of what to do and is having lots of troubles finding the right answer.
4.> He looks his age (50), has nasty, black hair (including his long whiskers), and his clothes are all torn up. Pap hates that Huck is more educated than he. He wants to take him out of school and stop all of his studies. The reason he sobers up is so that the Judge will see him as an okay father for Huck, however we see many signs that show he is not able to control his drinking habits.
5.> Pap goes into a rampage and is attacking poor Huck but soon he crashes and falls asleep. When he wakes up Huck has a gun in his hand and has to lie and say that it was to scare off a visitor. (Emily Barden)
1. "...'kase it's down in de bills dat you's gwyne to git hung." "...case it's down in the bills that you are going to be hung."
2. Huck is superstitious of bad luck when he spills the salt and throws it over his shoulder. He also believes that Jim's "magic" hairball can tell his fortune.
3. "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black. De white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in en bust it all up." It says that pap is having internal conflict with himself.
4. He is long, pale, greasy man with long black hair. He doesn't like Huck's education because he believes that Huck will believe himself to be better than his father and the rest of his family before him. He has a long discussion with the judge in which the judge tried to convince him to become a new man. Pap signed a pledge and said that he would only to end up getting drunk later that night.
5. He wakes up, still half asleep, from dreaming that people with cold hands are trying to get him and take him away. He sees Huck and mistakenly thinks that it was him. He proceeds to chase Huck around with a knife until he passes out again. (Stuart)
1.s'pose - suppose? kase - in case
2.the most evident ones include the salt and the hairball
3."Jim's hairball" tells huck that his father often takes one of two very defined paths, being good or bad, and describes his motives as "two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him"
4.his father is rather ragged, with a full beard and head of hair and is also very pale. He views huck's education as an attempt of Huck to make himself better than his father and his fathers attempts to 'sober up' are quite vain.
5.he is to drunk to even catch huck and eventually falls asleep.
(ruffolo)
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2. Huck Finn has many superstitions. In one section huck attempts to throw salt over his shoulder but he is stopped during his dinner time becuase he is attempting to become proper. Later that night huck worries about the bad luck that is going to be happening to him in the near future because of his inability to "reverse the curse" so to speak.
3. Jim's hairball..... After being properly paid..... Tells huck that his father does not know what he is going to do yet, but with his good and bad sides both influencing him, it is likely that hicks father's actions will not be good.
4. Pap is an old tattered drunk with hair that is uncombed and ragged. He wears boots with crossed nails on the soles so as to keep the devil away. Pap is notorious for his sleeping in the pig styes.
5. During the part of the story where Pap attempts to kill Huck, the old man seems to halucenating and having a mental breakdown (most likely from whiskey). Pap believes that Huck is the angel of death I'm which he attempts to defend himself by killing "the angel of death" (great idea since he's an angel....can't die).
---(Cory T.)
1. bills-book bes'-best gwyne-going2. Huckleberry is very superstitious about many things. He believes that Jim's hair-ball is magic, and can tell the future. In chapter 3, the boys believe Tom's tale of magicians and genies.3.It tells him that his dad has not decided what he is going to do yet. It says he has a good side and a bad side and that eventually one of them will win out. He also says he might be hung in the future.4. He is about 50 years old, and has greasy black hair and dirty ragged clothes. He is a drunk and uses all of his money to buy alcohol and to gamble. He disapproves of Huck's new education and clean clothes. 5. In Chapter 6 Pap tries to kill Huck, but because he is drunk, he is unable to catch him. He grabs a knife and begins to frantically chase Huck around but eventually falls asleep much to Huck's relief. (((Parker)))
1. res' easy- rest easy
what he's a-gwne do- what he's going to do
2. Huck is obvioulsy supersticious about "bad luck" in that he throws salt over his shoulder after knocking the shaker down. And the "hairball from the stomach of the ox" is believed by Jim to tell people things they should fear.
3.His father will begin making really good decisions, then one itty bitty mistake can mess up everything. "de white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in and bust it all up".
4.His father, very pale and black, greasy hair, doesnt like education because he doesnt have one and he doesnt want his son to have one wither because his son might be better than Him. He thinks that the government is a bunch of fools ( once again with the education) and feels that in order to keep his son, he cant stay drunk. (everbody knows this isnt going to happen).
5. He chases Huck around with a knife, but later he falls asleep, with a chapter close of Huck aiming a gun at his head. (Caroline Vaughan)
1. Dey's-there are
gwyne-going
2. First of all, is the belief in genies from earlier chapters. Also, in Chapter Four, Huck throws salt over his left shoulder after dropping some on the floor, to "cure" the bad luck that will come from dropping the salt. Another example of a superstition that is believed is Jim listening to the hair ball from the ox.
3. The hair ball tells Huck that his father does not know what he is going to do yet.
"Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way."
4.Pap is described as an extremely pale drunkard with greasy black hair. He doesn't want Pap to be educated because none of the rest of their family has been well educated. He also wishes that Huck would stop going to school. Pap doesn't think that government should have the right to take his son away from him, since after all, he was the one who raised the child. He also promises that he will get sober. However, everybody knows that will never happen.
5. Pap, runs around the cabin drunk, trying to chase Huck down and kill him. But, he falls asleep in the attempt. (Caroline R.)
1. half-yearly
govment-government
gwyne-going
2. Jim listening to the hair ball. Huck throwing salt over his shoulder. They believe in helping your luck and predicting what your future is.
3. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a gwyne to do."
4. Long black, not any gray, hair that was tangled and greasy, long whiskers, his skin was fish belly white. His clothes were only rags and his toes stuck through his boots. Pap feels Huck is trying to be better than him and his family considering nobody could read and write but Huck. Pap feels that it is wrong for the government to try and take Huck since he is the one who had to raise Huck and provide for himl
5. Pap chases Huck around the cabin in a drunk manner, yelling and screaming until he is unable to catch Huck and falls asleep.(Sarah P.)
1) 'case- incase
gwyne- going
warn't- weren't
2) When Huck accidently spills the container of salt, he trys to throw some over his shoulder but is stopped by the widow then he trys to avoid bad luck the rest of the day.
3) The hairball tells Huck that his father is indecisive and does not yet know what he is going to do
4) Pap is the infamous town drunk. He is known for sleeping in the mud with the pigs and is often jailed because of his violent behavior. He never tries very hard to get sober, he's simply desperate to get Huck's money so he can go buy more whiskey. He is furious that Huck is learning to read and write and thinks it will make Huck believe he is too good for his father.
5) Pap believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him and so he attempts to kill Huck, but he is too drunk and passes out in the attempt. (Niki H)
1. spec- expect
'kase- incase
gwyne- going
2. The characeters obviously believe in a weird voodoo (Jim's hairball) that can supposedly tell you everything that will happen in your life.
3. The hair ball tells Huck that his dad doesnt know what he's going to do yet. Also, it tells him that his dad has a good side and a bad side "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black."
4. Pap seems kind of like a poor begging drunk vagabond. He doesn't want Huck to be educated. He wants Huck to stay ingnorant so that he won't leave him or run off. Pap doesn't like the government. He says its hypocritical. Pap tries to get sober but its clear he won't change his ways.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, he's too drunk to catch him. He chases him around with a knife and then falls asleep. (Lisa H.)
1.doan'- don't, gwyne- going
2. The characters believe in bad luck. for example, when Huck spills salt, he knows something bad is going to happen.
3. That he is coming back but dosen't know exactly what he is going to do yet. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4. Pap is described as ragged and dirty. He views Huck's education poorly, saying no son should know more than his father. Pap thinks the gov't is out to get him. He tried to get sober but did not care enough to maintain soberity and relapsed.
5. Pap chases Huck around the cabin with a knife saying he is going to kill him. He gets tired and says he is going to sleep and kill him later. (alex j)
- dialect
- gwyne - going to
- 'spec - suspect
- bad luck from spilling salt, canceling the bad luck by throwing a pinch of salt over one's shoulder, magic hairballs
- That Huck's dad has a good side and a bad side: "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black." Also, Jim tells him that his father doesn't really understand what he is doing.
- Pap wears dirty rags that don't fit him. He hates Huck for learning and going to school because it makes Pap feel inferior and he doesn't like the fact that Huck is smarter because that's not the way it should be in his opinion. His view on government is pretty bad. He believes the government is horrible for allowing African-Americans vote and letting blacks be free for 6 months. Therefore he vows never to vote again. Lastly, his attempts to get sober failed. He traded in his newly aquired coat for whiskey and destroyed the room that the friendly judge had given him.
- Pap believes that Huck is someone out to get him and hurt/kill him. Therefore he picks up a knife and chases Huck around the room. Soon though, he tires out and lays down to rest. ~~Caron~~
1. spec -speculatedoan' - don't know
de- the
2. They use salt to throw over their shoulder for good luck. They also think that if you spill salt that it brings bad luck.
3. It says that his father doesn't know what he is going to do and that he has one good luck angel and one bad luck angel. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way. Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en"
4. Pap is dirty and wears old clothing that is way to small. He doesn't want Huck to go to school. He thinks that if Huck goes to school, his son will think that he is better than his dad. Part of Pap's hatred for Huck's schooling is that he doesn't want his son to be smarter or more educated than him. Pap doesn't want blacks to vote and he says that if the black are allowed to vote that he would leave the country. He also doesn't like the fact that free black must be in the state for six months before they be sold into slavery. I believe that he wants to become sober but he fails and slips right back into drinking again.
5. Pap wakes up from his sleep and thinks that Huck is the angel of death and that he is coming for him. He grabs and knife and trys to stab Huck but soon falls asleep. (Taylor)
1. "don't be afeard" = don't be afraid "you wants to keep 'ways fum de water as much as you kin" = You want to keep away from the water as much as you can.
2. Huck spills salt on the table and is devastated when he is unable to throw a pinch of it over hus shoulder. Also Jim believes in a weird, freaky hairball that predicts the future. Maybe Twain was sh owing the characters' lack of intellegence with all of their superstitious beliefs?
3. Jim's "magic hair ball" tells that Pap will show a change of heart but will then turn back to his old ways with one tiny mishap. "De white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one sail in en bust it all up." -Jim
4. Pap is dressed in nasty, ragged clothes. He is an unwashed and unshaven mess. He tells Huck that he will "tan 'em good" if he continues to go to school. Pap feels that Huck is trying to break away from him by becoming educated. Pap is a very racist man who feels only white males should have the power to vote. He feels the government is trying to take his "work-horse", which is Huck, away for no good reason. The "new judge" thinks that Pap is ready to man a new man of himself. He cleans Pap up and takes him into his own home. We think that the new judge is making real progress until Pap gets "dead drunk" again.
5. Pap gets drunk in the cabin and tries to kill Huck with a knife. Huck is running around trying to save himself, and would be a "goner" if he did not slip out of his jacket at the last second.
(Shelby K.)
1.“I was getting sort of used to the Widow’s ways too and they warn’t so raspy on me.”
-He was getting used to the Widow’s ways and they weren’t so hard on him.
“…gwyne…”
-Going
2. After he spilled the salt, he threw some over his left shoulder to prevent bad luck.
3. -That he has two guardian angels, one is black and one is white, and they both keep telling him different things and in the end he will make up his own mind.
-“Dey’s two angel hoverin’ roun’ ‘ bout him.”
4. He was about fifty with long, tangled, greasy black hair and whiskers; he was a sick colored white; wore rags. The father was concerned that Huck considered himself better than him because of his education. Then he told the new judge that he would never drink again but then that night he sold his jacket for liquor and was drunk again.
5. Pap being deranged from all the alcohol starts chasing Huck with a knife and calling him the Angel of Death, then he sits to rest and Huck grabs and loads the gun and points it to Pap.(Elizabeth Lee)
1. "Fum de water" -from the water
"Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do" - your father doesn't know yet what he's going to do.
2 Huck beleive that it is bad luck to spill salt and good luck if you throw it over your shoulder. He also thinks it is bad luck to kill a spider.
3."Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way. " Jim tells Huck that his father is always wavering in his actions and what he is going to do. And that he sould just let his father go about life in his way.
4. Pap is a drunkard with long tangled hair. He always had old, ragged, dirty clothes. He beleives that Huck is getting an education to make him seem better than his father. He is stongly against it and threatening to beat Huck if he catched him at school anymore. Pap is a alchoholic and gets arrested reguraly for being drunk in public. The town judge tries to take him in and change his life around. they have a emotional conversation where he claims that his drunken ways are in his past but, that night he proceed to fall back on his old ways and get drunk.
5. He was drunk and ran around the cabin chasing huck with a knife in his hand calling him the Angel of Death. He eventually got tired out and fell asleep.(Matt)
1. Gwyne - going / yaller - yellow
2. Huck tries to throw salt over his shoulder after he spills it. also they believe a hairball had a spirit inside of it.
3. the hair ball is just making general statments but Huck believes the stories. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay."
4. Pap wears very small and flithy clothes. He doesnt want Huck to go to school and be educated because he feels that Huck will become smarter than him and realized he is a mess. Even though Pap attempts to get sober, in reality he hasnt changed any of his old habits.
5. Pap is drunk and chases Huck around the cabin with a knife. However, he is unable to kill Huck, becomes tired, and
falls asleep. (Tony)
1. gwyne- going, po'- poor, kase- incase
2. when Jin talks about the good and bd conciences anfd when Huck's Pap starts trying to kill Huck because he thinks he's the angel of death.
3. that his dad has two conciences telling him to do the right and wrong choices ith Huck. "Dey's two angels hoverin' roun' 'bout him."
4.Huck's Pap has long black greasy hair with no grays. Also he only has rags on not fit for pigs. He is ashamed to have a son have an education; he says his mother hadn't been taught to readneither before she had died and can't belive he has such a son. Even though he tries to get sober and turn away from his old ways he isn't changing his habits.
5. When Pap wakes huck up he says he ids gettin' bit by snakes then Pap turns and tries to kill Huck with a knife b/c he thinks he is the angel of death despite Huck's protests. It ends when Pap gets tired and falls back to sleep b/c of chasen Huvk so much. (Neil)
1.spec- expect; doan’- don’t know; gwyne- going
2. Huckleberry is very superstitious so far throughout the novel. He believes that Jim’s hair ball will tell him about things to come in the future.
3. The hair ball basically tells Huck that his father hasn’t made his decision on what he is going to do yet. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do." (This quote is basically what I just said just in “Huckleberry Finn dialect”!)
4. Pap is described dressed in dirty, filthy old ragged clothes. He is I guess jealous of the education that Huck is receiving. He tells Huck over and over that he’s a terrible son and that it’s awful that he’s getting an education when neither his Pap or mother did.
5. Pap tries to tries to kill Huck with a knife one night. He runs after Huck in an effort to kill him but since he is so drunk he falls asleep. (Laura Knott)
1. gwyne-going
uz-is
2. Huck thinking that the Hairball can really tell the future, and when Pap is starting to really talk about killing Huck, him being an Angel of Death.
3. The hairball tells Jim that Pap doesn't know what he is going to do next yet. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do.
4. Pap appears as a fifty year character, with long, greasy hair, and not really wearing real clothes and not having color in his face. He thinks Huck shouldn't go to school anymore, because he already knows how to read and write and Huck is the only and first person in his family who can actually do that. Pap's attempt to get sober only worked for a day. He tried to get sober so he could get the money from Judge Thatcher, but it doesn't work cause he can rarely make it through the day without whisky.
5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, Huck figures out that his last chance is to escape. But one night when Pap tries to kill Huck, he is so drunk that after running after Huck he just falls asleep without anything "accomplished". (Michelle D)
1. One is rich en 't other is po'- One is rich and the other is poor. 2. Salt over the shoulder is good luck. Think a hair ball can tell things that may happen in the future. 3. It tells him that for now Huck is safe but there are two angels and we don't know which will win yet. 4. Pap is usually drunk and dirty. His attempts to get sober are fake he just says he will so he can get Huck's money but he still gets drunk. He is also very disappointed because Huck is the first in their family to learn how to read. He does not think Huck should be in school. 5. When Pap tries to kill Huck, he is so drunk that he passes out or falls asleep in his attempts!! (Rachael Delaney)
1) 'case- incase
gwyne- going
warn't- weren't
2) When Huck accidently spills the container of salt, he trys to throw some over his shoulder but is stopped by the widow then he trys to avoid bad luck the rest of the day.
3) The hairball tells Huck that his father is indecisive and does not yet know what he is going to do
4) Pap is the infamous town drunk. He is known for sleeping in the mud with the pigs and is often jailed because of his violent behavior. He never tries very hard to get sober, he's simply desperate to get Huck's money so he can go buy more whiskey. He is furious that Huck is learning to read and write and thinks it will make Huck believe he is too good for his father.
5) Pap believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him and so he attempts to kill Huck, but he is too drunk and passes out in the attempt. (Niki H)
1. Gwyne was the most difficult for me to understand, it took me a while to get that it meant going.
2. The characters in Huck Finn are very superstitious. Huck in particular, he tries to throw salt over his shoulder after spilling salt until he is stopped by the widow.
3. The hairball predicts Hucks fathers presence in the future. It says that his father is indecisive and he himself doesn't know what he's going to do yet.
4. Pap is notorious for always being drunk. His clothes are essentially rags, his shoes have holes in them, and the few dollars he collects every now and then are continually blown on alchohol. His attempt to sober up is an attempt to get the money from Huck. He is furious that Huck has learned to read and write, saying that Huck thinks he's better than his mother and father.
5. Pap becomes so drunk that he believes Huck is the angel of death come to kill him. He chases Huck around with a knife but is too drunk and eventually passes out. (William).
1. doan, for don't and Dey's for They
2. Huckleberry Finn shows his superstitious nature when he talks about wanting to throw the salt over his shoulder so he can keep his good luck, and that if he does not then he is going to have bad luck. He also talks about the Jim, the slave's hairball as fortelling the future.
3. It shows what Jim thinks about the future for Huckleberry and what his father is going to do. He states that he doesn't know whether or not he is going to stay around or if he is going to leave again.
4. Pap's clothing is always dirty and torn. He is an older man who always looks a little out of it, die to the fact he is usually always drunk and or hung over. He does not want Huckleberry to get a very good education because he can't stand the idea that his son could possibly be a lot smarter then him one day. He tried to stay sober but this lasts only for about a day.
5. Pap has a bad dream and believes that Huck is "the angel of death" which is out to kill him, so as he wakes up still half a sleep and droggy, he chases Huckleberry Finn around with a knife until he gets tired out and halfs back asleep. (Meghan)
1. "gwyne"- going, "'spect"- expect, res' easy- rest easy
2. Huck's has many superstitions throughout the book, in this section he throws salt over his shoulder when he spilt it over. Jim also is very superstitious talking about how he rode alll throughout the world w/ wirches and having a coin that the devil had toutched.
3. the ball fortells that pap will have a few good decision but a bad one will ruin it all, meening bad for Huck.
4. Pap comes back to town and finds out how Huck madea a fortune and wnats Huck to give it to him, Pap doesnt like how Huck is starting to get educasted b/c he thinks that he will become inferior to his own son. The new judge that attemptas to cure Pap pf his unhealythy lifestyle gets Pap to realize his pitifulness and the Judge thinks that he cured him, but un the middle of the night pap wants a drink and ends up tariing up the Judges guest room.
5. Pap gets so druck that he gets delusional and thinks Huck is the Angel of death and so trys to kill him, when he wears himself out huck gets the gun for protection, he Pap waks back up, he forgets everything that happens.
(Hayden)
1) gwyne must mean going/fum is from/en't is and the/afeard has to be afraid even though i didnt get it at first. 2) When Huck spiills the salt, he hurriedly picks it back up and throws a little over his shoulder. This shows his belief in an event causing bad luck. 3) "Dey's two angels hovrin bout round him." One was black and one white. The hairball tells him that his father will get better, but eventually fall back into relapse. 4) Pap is a terrible father figure, he hates the education huck is getting, and takes huck's money to goo get drunk - as usual. 5) Pap was really too drunk too know what he was doing or remember it later for that matter. Thinking huck is the 'angel of death,' Pap goes after him. Armed with his knife, Pap chases him but passes out before anything violent takes place (K-y-l-e)
1. "gwyne" I had to sound it out loud a few times before i realized it was like "gonna".
2. Bad luck seems to be a pretty big superstition, like when Huck kills the spider. Also, witches, like when Jim thinks witches carried him all over the world.
3. It tells huck that his pap has a black and a white angel and sometimes the white angel takes control and other times the black angel. He says "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4. His appearance is terrible, after so many years of drinking and just his many years, his skin is somewhat rubbery. He hates that Huck is able to read and tells him to stop going to school. Pap's attempts to sober are futile, he just goes on a drinking binge.5. Pap tries to kill Huck, thinking he is the angel of death and almost stabs him. (Rachel H.)
1. gwyne- going , spec’- suspect
2. the hairball can tell fortunes and if you hold a snake-skin you will have bad luck
3. The hairball tells Huck that his father doesn’t know what is going to do. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay."
4.Pap is very unkempt. He never puts any effort into his appearance. He thinks that if Huck gets an education, that Huck will think he is better than him.
5.In the middle of a dream, Pap wakes up, he is drunk and he tries to stab Huck but Huck escapes.(Kati Causey)
1.I had trouble with spect which turned out to be expect and also with gwyne which was meant going to.
2.One main thing of superstition I saw was Jim talking to the hairball and then Huck throwing salt over his shoulder.
3.The hiarball tells Jim that Huck's father doesn't know what he is going to do yet. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way."
4.Pap looks ghastly and disheveled becuase of so many years of drinking. He doesn't like that Huck is going to school and he tries to stop Huck from going to school. Pap tries to be sober but is unable to because he will to drink is much stronger than his will to stop.
5.Pap says that huck is the angel of death and runs after him with a knife but since he is so drunk he passes out. (Ben)
1. the hardest word for me to understand was "gwyne". It means "going to" but looks nothing like it.
2. Huck threw salt over his shoulder and Jim relies on a hairball to tell the future
3. the hairball told Jim taht Pap was unsure about what he was going to do: "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4. Pap is a mess. his clothes are dirty and torn; he takes no care of himself. Pap does not want Huck to go to school because he will be inferior to his son. Pap cannot become sober because he keeps wanting to drink
5. Pap runs around the cabin chasing Huck with a knife and calling him the angel of death until he get tired and goes to sleep.
(Jennifer)
1) gwyne was the most difficult for me to understand at first but once i realized that it mean going to the text was a lot easier to comprehend.
2) Huck Finn once spilled salt on the table and frantically scurried to throw it over his shoulder in order to get rid of the bad luck. Another example was Jim basing his decisions on a hairball.
3) The magic hairball says that Huck's father might stay a while and he might not but whatever his father does it will not stop Huck from fulfilling his fate. "Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do."
4) Pap is a grey haired, fairly older man. He is wearing very ragged clothes it looks as if they were fit for a pig not a man. Pap does not view education very highly and he doesn't think that Huck should have any part in it, as a matter of fact many of Huck's beatings are because he is learning. He is trying to become sober but it is not working out that well for him.
5) Pap wakes up alarmed, holding a knife to Huck and plans on hurting him until Huck explains what happened the night before and how he tried to awake Pap but he could not because of his drunkenness. (A.J.)
1. It took me forever to figure out that 'uz meant was. Uf also means of.
2. Jim is very superstitious in this book. He uses a hair ball to make decisions. Also, when Huck spills salt he salt on a table he throws it over his shoulder.
3. He hair ball tells them that Pap does not know what he is going to do.
4. Pap is old and looks very dirty. He does not try to make his appearance look nice. His clothes are worn and he probably smells.
5. Pap gets drunk and attempts to kill Huck, he eventually passes out and Huck is so shook up that he sleeps with a loaded gun.
(Caroline Lassiter)
1. I didnt really have that much touble figuring out any of the dialect.
2. Jim and Huck and Pap are all very superstitious. Jim believes that if you are hairy then you will be rich twice. Huck spills salt on the table and then throws some over his shoulder. Pap has a cross in the sole of his shoe to keep away the devil.
3. The magic hair ball tells JIm that Pap isnt sure yet about what hes going to do.
4. Pap is gettign older and he is very dirty. he wears rags and doesnt smell good and has long hair.
5. Pap gets really drunk and tries to kill Huck but he eventually passes out. (Ellie Avery)
1. hain't= ain't and gwyne= going
2. Pap has a cross on the bottom of his shoes to keep the devil away, Jim believes that he will be rich again because he has hairy arms and a hairy chest, and Huck spills some salt and then proceeds to throw it over his shoulder.
3. The magic hairball said that Pap isn't certain of what hes going to do with Huck and his current situation.
4. Pap has gotten older, smells bad, wears very worn clothing, and has uncut long hair and probably has a beard because of his lack of shaving.
5. Pap gets drunk and thinks Huck is the Angel of Death and tries to kill him. Huck dodges him and then Pap passes out, but the encounter has startled Huck so much that he decides to sleep with a loaded gun. (Danny Sale)